Book-support.



J. E. BENJAMIN.

BOOK SUPPORT.

AIPLIOATION FILED APR.28, 1909.

Patented Feb..15,191o.

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JOSEPH E. BENJAMIN, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

BOOK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. i5, 1910.

Original application filed January 11, 1909, Serial No. 471,762. Divided and this application led April 28, 1909. Serial No. 492,775.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. BENJAMIN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in l3ookSupports, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the ao companying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in book saddles or supports and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple, yet eflicient and easily applied means for supporting and holding a book in any desired position most convenient for use, yet allowing of its ready re moval when desired, as, for instance, when it is to be placed in a safe at night or at any other time, or for any other purpose.

lt has for a further object to provide means whereby the supporting arms, when swung out flat, will be disposed in the plane of the supporting plates and yet be supported by extended parts so as to prevent the covers from opening out too far.

I aim further at improvements in the details of construction whereby the manufacture is facilitated and usefulness of the parts enhanced.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specication, and in which- Figure l is an elevation showing the saddle and its support, the book being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows the device viewed as by the arrow 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the device viewed as indicated by arrow 3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a view looking in the directionof the arrow 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of the pedestal with a portion broken away and shown in section, with the book mounted thereon, portions of the book-supporting saddle etc. being broken away. Fig. 7 is a detail viewed as indicated by arrow 7 in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a plan of parts viewed as indicated by arrow 8 in Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

The book to be supported may be of any well-known type, such as an account book, but, as the construction of the book per se forms no part of the present invention, it is thought unnecessary to illustrate it. As indicated by dotted lines in Figs. l and 6, the book is provided with a tubular member 1 which constitutes the means about which the hinges of the leaves are mounted for movement, and also the means for receiving the spindle or other support by which the book is mounted for revolution about said spindle as a center.

2 designates the covers of the book.

My improved book stand or support is constructed substantially as follows, although it is to be understood that the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of construction now to be described. This stand or support embodies a saddle or holder which comprises a rod 3 bent horizontally at its lower end, as at 4, and then bent upwardly to form a spindle 5, the upper end of which is shown in Fig. las tapered, as at 6. To the main part of the rod 3 are secured two members or arms 7, to the ends of which are hinged swing arms 8, to receive and hold the book, there being four of these arms, two to engage the opposite sides of the book near the top and bottom. The members or arms 7 are rigidly secured to the rod 3 by any suitable means, as for instance, by the loops 9 of well known construction. The arms 8 are held normally in parallel positions by slender springs 10, stops 11 secured to the members 7, as seen clearly in Fig. 2, being provided to prevent the arms from being pressed beyond parallel positions by said springs. At their extreme ends, these arms 8 are provided with rollers 12, as seen clearly in Fig. 2, to bear easily against the outer surfaces of the cover of the book. These rollers may be held in position in any suitable manner, as, for instance, between upturned members 13 of the free ends of the arms 8 and in which the shafts 14 of the rollers are suitably supported. Fig. 2 shows, by dotted lines (vertical) the book closed with the arms 8 in parallel positions with their rollers engaging the outer surfaces of the two covers of the book, and also by the horizontal dotted lines the book opened out wide with the covers in a plane, arm 8 at the right being shown in a plane with the members 7. While not shown, it is evident that all of the arms would be thus opened out and in a plane with the members 7. The spring 10 is indicated by dotted lines in the position the four springs would occupy when the book is opened out. There are shown in Fig. 2 eX- tended parts 15 at the ends of the members 7 and rigid with the latter, for prevent-ing the arms 8 from swinging back farther than positions in the plane of said members 7, as will be evident from the dotted line position of the arm 8 at the right hand side of Fig. 2. The manner of supporting the rollers 12 in the free ends of the arms 8 will be clearly understood upon reference to Fig. 7, while in Fig. 8 the manner of pivoting the arms 8 will, in connection with Fig. 2, be clearly seen. Ihe outer end of each member 7 is provided with two longitudinal slits forming three substantially equal longitudinal portions, the outer ones of which are turned up to form the bearings 16 or the pivot pin 17 and the intermediate part pressed back to the amount of the thickness of the member 7, as shown in Fig. 2, to form the extended part 15, so as to allow the arms, when swung out fiat, to be in the plane of the parts 7 and yet bear against and be supported by the extended parts 15 which prevent the covers from opening too far.

The device is not intended to hold the book in a vertical position, though it may readily do so, but is rather intended to hold the book in avhorizontal or inclined position, as may be most convenient for the person at any time during the use of the same. In Fig. 6, it is shown as in the position which it will assume a greater portion of the time.

The saddle, constructed as above described, is designed to be supported by a holder 18, in two like parts, cylindrical in form and having a stem 19 designed to be inserted in an axial opening in a pedestal 20. The bore 21 of suchl pedestal is preferably of such depth that when the lower end of the stem 19 rests at its bottom, the part 18 will be above the upper end of the pedestal, as shown clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings. These parts have swivel motion upon each other around an axial bolt 22, so that the saddle may be given any slant or degree of inclination, as may be required. TheV rod 3 of the saddle pierces one of the halves at one side of the center, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, and 6, while the stem 19 is passed radially through the other half of the said part 18, as is shown in the different views. The rod 3 is made to pierce the body 18 at one side of the center, so as to avoid the bolt 22, as will be understood upon reference to Figs. 1 and 5. A saucer shaped washer 23, through which the bolt 22 passes, enables the holding nut 211 on the bolt 22 to draw the two similar circular parts or disks 25 and 26 ofthe said holder 18 together with a slightly yielding orspring action in order to give the friction surface between the two members 25 and 26 a mild pressure against each other, which may be varied by turning the nut 24:. IVhen the book is supported upon the standard or spindle 5, it rests at its lower end against a base 27 at the junction of the spindle portion 5 and the lateral member 4l of the rod 3, as will be clearly understood upon reference to Fig. 1. This base 27 is also clearly seen in Fig` 3. The holder 18, supporting the saddie as above described, is made'longitudinally adjustable upon its supporting rod 3 and held to place thereon in any desired position of adjustment by any suitable means, as a set screw 28, seen best in Fig. 1.

Modifications in detail maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the in# vention or sacrilicing any of its advantages.

What I claim is j l. Ina device of the character stated, a saddle having pivoted arms for holding a book, a rod and a spindle rigid and parallel with said rod, and springs acting on said arms near their pivots.

2. In a device for the purpose specified, a saddle having pivoted arms for holding a book, a rod, a spindle rigid and parallel with said rod, springs acting on said arms near their pivots, and arms rigid with said rod and having rigid extensions to limit the backward movement of the pivoted arms.

3. Ina device for the purpose specified, a saddle having pivoted arms for holding a book, a rod, and a spindle rigid and parallel with said rod, springs acting on said arms near their pivots, arms rigid with said rod and having extensions to limit the movement of the pivoted arms, and rollers mounted in the free ends of the pivoted arms.

In a device for the purpose specified, a saddle for holding the book comprising a rod carrying a spindle, lateral members secured to said rod, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends of said members, and rollers mounted in the free ends of said arms.

5. In a device for the purpose specified, a. saddle for holding the book comprising a rod carrying a spindle, lateral members secured to said rod, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends ofsaid members, rollers mounted in the free ends of said arms, and springs acting upon the outer faces of said arms adjacent their pivots.

6. In a device for the purpose specified, a saddle for holding the book comprising a rod carrying a spindle, vlateral members secured to said rod, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends of said members, rollers mounted in the free ends of said arms, springs acting upon the outer faces of said arms adjacent their pivots, and extended parts rigid with said members against which said arms contact when in a horizontal position. y

7. In a device for the purpose specified, a spindle lfor reception within a tubular member of a book, and a rod rigid vvith said l spindle, a saddle carried by said rod for holding the book, and a holder for said sadl dle mounted for swivel movement. g

'8. In a device for the purpose specified, f a spindle for reception Within a tubular member ot a book, and a rod rigid with said spindle, a saddle carried by said rod for holding the book, a holder for said saddle, and a pedestal in which said holder is mounted for revolution.

9. In a device for the purpose specified, a spindle for reception Within a tubular member ot' a book, and a rod rigid With said spindle, a saddle carried by said rod, a disk, a second disk, means tor frictionally holdingl said disks together, and means for permitting said disks to turn in a horizontal plane.

10. In a device for the purpose specied, a saddle having rigid arms and pivotally mounted arms for holding a book, said saddle being mounted for independent movements upon vertical and horizontal pivots and rollers mounted in the free ends of the i pivotally mounted arms of said saddle.

l1. In a device for the purpose specied, a saddle having an arm and a spindle, a disk 4 in which said arm is eceentrically mounted, a second disk frietionally engaging the tirstnamed disk, a stem eccentrically mounted in the second disk, and a support in which said 1 stem is mounted for revolution.

12. In a device for the purpose specified, a saddle having an arm and a spindle, a disk in which said arm is eecentrieally mounted, a second disk frictionally engaging the lirstnamed disk, a stem eccentrically mounted in the second disk, and a support in Which said stem is mounted for revolution, said spindle l l l l l l being provided With a supporting base for a book.

13. In a device for the purpose specied, a book-liolding saddle, a holder for said saddle mounted for swivel movement, lateral members on the saddle, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends ot said members, and a spindle permitting of a revolution ot' the book.

let. In a device for the purpose specified, a book-holding saddle, a holder for said saddle mounted for swivel movement and for independent movements upon vertical and horizontal pivots, lateral members on the saddle, arms pivotally mounted on the outer ends of said members, and a spindle perinitting of a revolution of the book.

' 15. In a device for the purpose specified, a book-holding saddle, a holder for said saddle mounted for swivel movement, a rod, lateral members on the saddle, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends of said members, and a spindle rigid With and parallel with the saddle rod and permitting a revolution of the book.

16. In a device for the purpose specified, a saddle for holding a book comprising a rod carrying a spindle, lateral members rigid with said rod, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends of said members, and means carried by said members for supporting said arms when in a horizontal position.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 27 th day of April, 1909, in the presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH E. BENJAMIN. itnesses E. B. IVHITMORE, A. M. VVHrrMoRE. 

